Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Looking Out My Back Door



Looking Out My Back Door
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Category: Calm
Link: Performance Example

G       Em      C G D G  
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G                           Em                           
Just got home from Illinois lock the front door, oh boy  
C          G           D                  
Got to sit down take a rest on the porch  
G                   Em                       
Imagination sets in pretty soon I'm singing  
C         G            D           G     
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door  
   
          G                      Em                           
There's a giant doing cartwheels a statue wearin' high heels  
C               G               D                    
look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn  
G                    Em                       
A dinosaur Victrola, listening to Buck Owens  
C         G            D           G     
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door  
   
D                             C              G     
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band  
          Em                        D                      
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon ? (doo doo doo)  
G                     Em                     
Wond'rous apparition, provided by magician,  
C         G            D           G     
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door  
   
G                            Em                            
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!  
C               G        D                   
Got to sit down , take a rest on the porch.  
G                    Em                        
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing,  
C         G            D           G     
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door  
   
D                             C              G     
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band  
          Em                        D                     
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon? (doo doo doo)  
G                      Em                       
Bother me tomorrow, to-day I'll buy no sorrows  
C         G            D           G     
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door  
   
G G F# F 
   
E7     D A      F#m E7    
{1234} / {1234} / {1234}  
   
A                          F#m                          
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy  
D               A               E7                   
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn  
A                      F#m                      
Bother me tomorrow, to-day I'll buy no sorrows  
D         A            E7          A    A 
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door   
   

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